Admission fees, group tour, and closed days

Hours

10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (Entry permitted until 4:30 p.m.)
The Museum is closed on Wednesday. When Wednesday falls on a National Holiday, the Museum is closed on the following day.
The Museum is also closed from December 28 to January 4.

◇ The Museum may be closed because of bad weather.
When a storm warning is announced for Osaka city and the northern Osaka area, and also when the Natural and Cultural Garden is closed because of the weather, the Museum will also be closed. For further information, please call 06-6876-2151.

Admission charges

Admission Charges for the Permanent Exhibitions

Individual

Groups
(20 persons or more)

Adults

\420

\350

Students: High School and University

\250

\200

Children: Elementary and Junior High schools

Free

Free

An additional charge may be necessary for Special Exhibitions.

Ticket Counter is on the 2nd Floor of the Main Exhibition Building. (Tickets for Special Exhibitions are also available at the ticket counter of the Special Exhibition Hall.)

In the Main Exhibition Building, Entrance Hall, Museum Shop, and Restaurant on the 1st Floor, and the Information Zone on the 2nd floor are available free of charge.

Please show an admission ticket when you participate in Special Lectures and Performances, and Minpaku Film Shows or Minpaku World Cinemas.
*Participation in Minpaku Seminars is free of charge(No need to purchase a ticket).

Payment methods for admission charges

Admission charges can be paid with the following credit cards and prepaid cards.

※Discount difference is the balance between Group Admission Charge for the Special Exhibition and Group Admission Charge for the Permanent Exhibition.

* When you come to the museum through the Natural and Cultural Gardens, please purchase a Minpaku ticket at full price at the gate. The discounted amount will be reimbursed to you at the ticket counter in the museum. (You will be asked to show your member card and ticket to receive discount.)

【Discount categories】

◇ Repeat visitors
Please keep and submit previous tickets within from the previous three months.

◇ Visitors aged 65 and over
Please show a document that certifies your age.

◇ Visitors who use the museum as part of the specialized course work (college, undergraduate, graduate, and vocational school students).
Please submit a copy of the class and syllabus outline. Teachers who wish to accompany students, or utilize museum resources for a course as a part of lectures or seminars, please see "Guide to Educational Resources at Minpaku for University Students and Their Teachers".Click here for detailed information [in Japanese]

◇ High school students who use the museum for writing school assignment.
When you arrive, please fill in the form "Application for Admission Charge Discount for High School Students" at the ticket counter in the museum. Discount rates apply to you.
* When you come to the museum through the Natural and Cultural Gardens, please purchase a full-price Minpaku ticket at the gate. The discounted amount will be reimbursed to you at the ticket counter in the museum.

◇ Visitors with physical disability certificate and attending helper.
Admission is free for visitors with a physical disability certificate and also for attending helper. Parking fees in the Expo'70 Commemoration Park may be waived.Click here for detailed information [in Japanese]

◇ Every Saturday for primary school, junior high school, and senior high school students.
Admission is free every Saturday for primary school, junior high school, and senior high school students.

◇ Banpaku-koen Member Shops
Please bring a discount ticket issued by the following shops in the Expo'70 Commemoration Park.
＊REST HOUSE ROSEPARK
＊Korokke Burger OASIS
＊CENTRAL CAFE
＊RESTHOUSE KIDS PARK
If you show a Minpaku admission ticket at these shops, you will receive 10 % discount on eating and drinking as well as purchase (excluding goods from vending machines) there.

◇ Collaboration service for Associates of other institutions (for member card owner only)
This service is provided for Associates of other institutions on the basis of mutual collaboration with Minpaku.Click here for detailed information [in Japanese]

◇ JAF [Japan Automobile Federation] (for member card owner and up to three companions)
"JAF [Japan Automobile Federation] Card" includes a discount for Minpaku. Please see the page "JAF [Japan Automobile Federation]".Click here for detailed information.

Admission Free Days in 2018

◆2018
March 9
* Admission is free every Saturday for senior high school students.

◇ Notes:
* If you wish to pass through the Natural and Cultural Gardens on Admission Free Days Gardens, please purchase a ticket for the Gardens (admission fee: \250)
* From Koen-Higashiguchi station on Osaka Monorail, there is a direct path to the Museum without passing through the Natural and Cultural Gardens (no need to purchase a ticket for the Gardens).

Entering the Natural and Cultural Gardens

If you purchase a Museum ticket at the entrance to the Natural and Cultural Gardens, you can pass through the garden for free (admission fee: \250).

From Koen-Higashiguchi station, you can use the path for museum visitors that begins the right beside the gate to the Japanese garden without walking through the nature preserve, an area that requires and admission fee.
* Click here for passing through the Nihon Teien Mae Gate

If you are a member of The Minpaku Associates, you may pass through the Natural and Cultural Gardens without charge, as long as you present your membership card at the entrance to the garden.